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Thu Jul-08-04 05:19 PM
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| Poll question: Pronounce Oregon |
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How do you pronounce "Oregon"
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| bkcc
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:23 PM
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| 1. Hang on...is OR-gun the right way? |
| ibegurpard
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:23 PM
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Now...pronounce "Willamette"
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:24 PM
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Is this the make fun of non locals thread?
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:25 PM
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| 7. It's will-AM-itt dammit! |
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Edited on Thu Jul-08-04 05:26 PM by ibegurpard
stupid foreigners! :P
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:26 PM
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:23 PM
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| 3. OR-gun is what they play in church |
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Or those things doctors transplant. Or a gun is how I pronounce it.
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:31 PM
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| 10. Hmmm. I guess it depends on... |
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whether you live in Portland, or somewhere real. Them city folks (i.e. faux-oregoneans) puts too many syllables in it. Out in the sticks we makes it indistinguishable from "organ".
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:25 PM
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| 6. Or-uh-gun. See also, - "Down South" |
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Thu Jul-08-04 05:29 PM
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Edited on Thu Jul-08-04 05:43 PM by Xandor
And it's "Wil-LAM-it, Dammit"
When I lived in Eugene 30 years ago you could get decals for your car's back window that said "Orygun". At that time Eugene was being inundated with Easterners who said "Or-a-gahn" (I was one of them). Although I never actually heard the "ee" sound of the Y in anyone's pronunciation. More like "Or-uh-gun".
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